As most of you know, Absolut Vodka recently ran an ad in Mexican magazines portraying the American Southwest as part of Mexico. The map is identical to those of radical separatist organizations like MEChA and the Mexica Movement. Compare it with these maps of Aztlan prepared by Mexican separatists. MEChA alone has 400 chapters in U.S. colleges at this point. Here is their “Plan for Aztlan” which includes the motto, “For the race, everything. For those outside the race, nothing.”
Anyone watching the 2006 pro-illegal immigration protests knows that Mexican separatism is real and present in America. Given the bloody history of irredentism over the past 150 years, Absolut is playing with fire in order to sell a few lousy bottles of vodka. They’ve apologized for the ad and pulled it, but they still need to be smacked on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper. This will serve as a warning to other companies who would stir up violent ethnic animosities as a business tactic.
Besides, everyone knows Absolut sucks. You should be drinking Grey Goose or Ketel One anyway.
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Some more Absolut boycott blogging:
Gateway Pundit / Donklephant / The Latin Americanist / 5 Blogs Before Lunch / The Line is Here
Don’t forget the ever yummy Effen!
I haven’t tried Effen yet. Hey, everybody, it’s from Holland, isn’t that veird!?
Next time you’re in town, Sasha and I will have to introduce you to some Ukrainian hot pepper vodka. It’ll clear your sinuses.
I am pretty sure that we found that the night conversation went until 5:00am. There really wasn’t much to drink and I was nervous about heartburn, so I sipped…. but you seemed to drink it down pretty well;-)
Our crazy J-man introduced me to Effen and considers it the best. My stand-by is usually Grey Goose. It makes the best dirty martinis.
THAT’S what happened to that other bottle. I only have 1 left. . .
How is the J-man these days? How is his friend?
Well, no question that Absolut is south of all the other vodkas in this thread, but . . .
I mean, c’mon, what’s the Grey Goose hype? It’s *French* for cryin’ out loud.
Ketel One, Chopin, Belvedere, Stolichnaya (Gold), Bison (once you get over its very unusual flavor), all are better than the Goose.
Though I’ll admit that the Goose is in their league, and has taken the remarkable step of blending the flavor of the pepper (I’m told) Russians like to add to vodka right into it.
Personal favorite for keeping a bottle around: Belvedere. Best for unusual occasions out: Bison. Most surprising: Tito’s, a shockingly good TEXAS vodka.
Cheers,
PGE